diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index e55ad471c53060..31a9062cad7ed5 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -774,12 +774,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_dirty_folio);
 static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	struct list_head tmp;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	int err = 0, err2;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
+	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp);
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
 	spin_lock(lock);